Eden Prairie Players Audition Information

Eden Prairie Players is proud to present a collection of five one act plays.  We're currently seeking a number of actors for the plays which will be performed in September.  Audition information is listed below.  Everyone is welcome to audition for Eden Prairie Players!

Synopsis and Actor Information

The Committee Meeting by Joellen K Bland - Directed by Kirsten Hambleton

Sue & her committee get together to plan a church dinner/meeting. As she attempts to guide the discussion – frequently using a whistle to restore order – the others prattle, complain, preach and agree with almost everything. They willingly offer comments and suggestions, but when asked to take responsibility, each has a prompt excuse for not accepting and then volunteers the time and talent of someone else.

Seeking:

• 2 females

Desire, Desire, Desire by Christopher Durang - Directed by Tom Peterson

Another Tennessee Williams parody, from the author of FOR WHOM THE SOUTHERN BELLE TOLLS. Blanche DuBois, her nerves shot, is stuck in a house with a slobby Stanley Kowalski, who keeps yelling "Stella!." Stella left for a lemon Coke six years ago and never returned. Blanche tries to seduce a young census taker, but is interrupted by Big Daddy and Maggie from CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. A "tart" from ICEMAN COMETH shows up as well. Stella comes back briefly, but departs again, leaving Blanche and Stanley stuck together for eternity.

Seeking:

• 5 males
• 3 females

No Shoulder by Nina Shengold - Directed by Shelley Smith

A surreal late-night encounter between a childless widow and a teenage hitchhiker, who have far more in common than either imagines.

Seeking:

• 2 females – one late 30s, the other late teens

Rose Beds by Jeannine Coulombe - Directed by Jeannine Coulombe

The couple encounter each other in a public place, once a cemetery, and enter into a dispute about rose bushes and photography.

Seeking:

• 1 male
• 1 female

The Siren Song of Stephen Jay Gould by Benjamin Bettenbender - Directed by Kirsten Hambleton

A man lands on a woman after trying to throw himself off a bridge in a botched suicide attempt. On the quiet riverbank, as he attends to her minor injury, he learns that she too was planning to end her life over a broken heart. An argument ensues over the relative seriousness of their respective losses, the nature of existence, and the harmful effects of the essays of biologist Stephen Jay Gould. Will this unexpected collision lead each of them back to the dark place where they started, or will they start anew?

Seeking:

• 1 male
• 1 female